Blogs from Europe - page 11311

I know I couldn't have come up with a more cliched title but with over 30 million tourist per year, it would be hard not to. After 3 days of exploring I finally found time to update this blog, please pardon the typos, blame it on the French keyboard. It's the only thing I don't love qbout this city. We have seen most of the blockbuster sights except for Versailles which we will do tomorrow. The weather has been mostly overcast and the temperature in the 70s. Even without the sun Paris is perfectly beautiful. Everything is the right scale, almost like a thoughtfully arranged stage set. It's difficult to look anywhere and not see something Kodak worthy. It must be amazing to live here and be sorrounded by all of this. Of course it is ... read more

Hi Everybody! When you are in this part of the world, you have to do what the natives do. We have lots of places that we want to visit. The problem is that it is difficult to travel between them. We have been to many travel agencies trying to get airline tickets. They either tell us that they are not available, they don't book plane tickets, or some other reason. The rental car is out for various reasons. That leaves the unairconditioned train which is often very slow or the sometimes crowded bus. The bus has to stop at the border for one or more hours, loses air conditioning going up steep hills, but is often the best choice. The bus was our only option for getting to Pristina. One of our companions on the bus ... read more

Countdown - Now or Never Nach 6 Jahren Studium (inkl. 1 Jahr Paris) und 3 Jahren im Job war der Entschluss klar: Jetzt ist es Zeit für einen Reise um die Welt! Kurz vorweg meine wichtigsten Stationen / Begleiter der Reihe nach: *1) Südostasien / teilweise Lydia *2) China / Rosemarie *3) Japan / *4) Australien / Stefan *5) Südsee / Stefan *6) Neuseeland / Stefan *7) Südamerika / Stefan 1 Woche vor Abflug: Totales Chaos herrscht in meinem Kopf!!! Was muss ich unbedingt noch erledigen, besorgen und was darf in meinem Rucksack auf keinen Fall fehlen!? Hab ich mich von allen verabschiedet und auch niemanden vergessen? Schön langsam werd´ich dann doch ein bisserl nervös...immerhin sind es ja doch 10 Monate in denen ich keinen Fuß auf österreichische Erde setzen werde. Werde St Wolfgang und meine ... read more

Ireland…. Alrighty then, So we picked up the car and it seriously took us forever to get out of the city like an hour to and hour and a half its seriously ridiculous!!! But yeah we got out and headed up the motor ways which was quite boring nd I slept through most of it and then we came to Wales….it’s like someone picked up the Zimbabwe country side and moved it to the UK. It’s really quite awesome none of my pictures do even the slightest amount of justice, so I took a lil bit of video of the winding roads and just how small the lanes actually are and how close the foliage is to the road. Was just absolutely beautiful the only way to put it. So yeah in our travels through Wales ... read more

Aix is a prestigious student hub offering buzzing nightlife, art, culture and architecture. It is only 25k, from Marseilles. It is like a mini Paris, classy and chic, expecially the main tree-lined boulevard, Cours Mirabeau, which is bordered with cafes on one side and a string of Renaissance private mansions from the 17th & 18th centuries on the other. This is where the fashionable Aixois go to flaunt designer labels and sip expressos. Aix seems to be addicted to fountains. There are three fountains alone along Cours Mirabeau, including the massive cast-iron "Fountain de la Rotonde", dating from 1860 and guarded by haughty, stone lions. The life of local Paul Cezanne is treasured in Aix. To see where he ate, drank, studied and painted you can follow a walking circuit guided by footpath-embedded bronze plaques. Some ... read more